The Football Outsiders Almanac from a few years back described our cap hell as one where we can’t retain mid tier UFA’s because we’re locked in on older veterans with tons of dead money.
Outside of Marcus Williams, none of the FA losses we’ve had were for top dollar contracts. All were very affordable, but the claim was always that the FO didn’t see the value in the player. The replacements that were allegedly a better value have almost always been a downgrade.